I was 46 years old when I met my mom.
I always knew I was adopted. My adopted parents were great to me and I never felt the need to find out who my birth parents were.
But this all changed when I got a phone call in winter 2001 from the Children’s Aid Society. The lady [...]

Embarrassment. Shame.  Disgust.  These ugly words don’t begin to describe the horror of what it felt like to be beat up as a 14 year old. I can still remember my classmates gathered around cheering for the ones delivering the powerful blows.  As the beatings continued, I looked for a place deep within myself [...]

I remember the moment like it was yesterday. I was with my 5-year-old son in the Muslim country where my US Navy officer husband had just been killed in action by a Muslim aircraft attack on his ship. My son and I had to stand in an internationally publicized ceremony in front of the 37 [...]